Other Administrative Records for Vital Statistics the Indian

Other Administrative Records for Vital Statistics – the Indian Experience By T V RAMAN Deputy Director General Central Statistics Office Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation Government of India

Introduction & Background �Primary sources for Vital Statistics: �Civil Registration System (CRS) �Demographic Sample Surveys �Sample Registration System (SRS) �Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD), an integral part of CRS �Office of the Registrar General, India (ORGI)- responsible for unification & coordination of Civil Registration activities �Primary uses of Vital Statistics in India

Introduction & Background(Contd. ) �RBD Act, 1969 – performance; registration & infrastructural bottlenecks �Remedial Measures taken/proposed �SRS – a snapshot view �Limitations in utilisation of administrative records for vital statistics in India

Civil Registration System (CRS) �Definition �Objectives of CRS in India �Two fold objectives �Providing identity to a child �Registration- an essential public utility service provided by the Government �Generation of Demographic data by CRS �Tools for local level monitoring, population growth & effects of policy interventions

RBD Act 1969 �Enactment �Unifying & Coordinating role of ORGI �Chief Registrars of Births & Deaths �Salient Features of the Act

RBD Act 1969 (Contd. ) �Statistical Reporting System �Annual Reports at National level �Determination of Implementation Performance of States �Level of reporting from Regn. Centres �Level of Regn. (LOR) �Statistical Reports �Causes of Low Regn. �Measures taken to improve CRS

Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) �Importance for Public Health Planners �Forms prescribed for Reporting by Hospitals & Individuals �Current levels of implementation of international recommendations in India �Classification of Causes of Deaths, according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) �Review of Status & Functioning of MCCD in States/U Ts and improvement measures

Sample Registration System (SRS) �Genesis of SRS in India �Objectives of SRS �Dual Record System �Structure of SRS �Baseline Survey �Continuous Enumeration �Half Yearly Survey �Matching

Sample Registration System (contd. ) �Field Verification of unmatched & partially matched events �Information collected in SRS �Baseline Survey Forms �Continuous Enumeration Forms �Half Yearly Survey Forms �Compilation/Tabulation Forms �Processing of Forms

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